Anne Parillaud
Anne Parillaud (French pronunciation: [an paʁijo]; born 6 May 1960) is a French actress who has been active since 1977. She is best known internationally for playing the title character in Luc Besson's film La Femme Nikita.[1]
Biography
Parillaud was born in Paris. While in school, she studied ballet but began her film career at 16 in Michel Lang's L'hôtel de la plage (1978).
She starred in Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita (1990).[2][3]
After La Femme Nikita, Parillaud left France to star in three films abroad: Map of the Human Heart, Innocent Blood, and Frankie Starlight.
In 2010 she starred in the French psychological thriller In Their Sleep[4] which was directed by Caroline du Potet and Eric du Potet.[5]
Personal life
Parillaud's first husband was Luc Besson, with whom she has a daughter, Juliette Besson, born in 1987. She became an actress.[6]
In 2005, Parillaud married Jean Michel Jarre. They divorced in 2010.[7][8]
Selected filmography
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Year | Title | Role | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1977 | Un amour de sable[9] | uncredited | Christian Lara |
1978 | L'Hôtel de la plage | Estelle Delambre | Michel Lang |
1979 | Écoute voir | Chloé/Moune | Hugo Santiago |
1980 | Girls | Catherine Flavin | Just Jaeckin |
Patrizia[10] | Patricia Cook | Hubert Frank | |
1981 | Pour la peau d'un flic | Charlotte | Alain Delon |
1983 | Le Battant | Nathalie | Alain Delon |
1988 | Juillet en septembre[11] | Marie | Sébastien Japrisot |
1989 | Che ora è? | Loredana | Ettore Scola |
1990 | La Femme Nikita | Nikita | Luc Besson |
1992 | Innocent Blood | Marie | John Landis |
1993 | Map of the Human Heart | Albertine | Vincent Ward |
1994 | À la folie | Alice | Diane Kurys |
1995 | Frankie Starlight | Bernadette | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
1996 | Passage à l'acte | Isabelle | Francis Girod |
Dead Girl[12] | Helen Catherine Howe | Adam Coleman Howard | |
1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Queen Mother Anne of Austria | Randall Wallace |
Shattered Image | Jessie Markham | Raúl Ruiz | |
1999 | Une pour toutes | Olga Duclos | Claude Lelouch |
2002 | Gangsters[13] | Nina Delgado | Olivier Marchal |
Sex Is Comedy | Jeanne | Catherine Breillat | |
2004 | Deadlines | Julia Müller | Ludi Boeken and Michael A. Lerner |
Promised Land | Anne | Amos Gitai | |
2005 | Tout pour plaire | Florence | Cécile Telerman |
2007 | Demandez la permission aux enfants | Anna Sebag | Éric Civanyan |
Une vieille maîtresse | Mme de Solcy | Catherine Breillat | |
2009 | L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo[14] | Beatrice | Alfonso Arau |
2010 | In Their Sleep | Sarah | Caroline Du Potet and Eric Du Potet[15] |
2010 | la marquise des ombres | Madame de Brinvilliers | |
2012 | What the Day Owes the Night | Madame Cazenave |
Awards
- César Award for Best Actress in 1991 for La Femme Nikita
- David di Donatello Awards for Best Foreign Actress in 1991 for La Femme Nikita
- Paris Film Festival for Best Actress in 2004 for Deadlines
- Tokyo International Film Festival for Special Mention in 1993 for Map of the Human Heart
References
- ^ "Four Clips from in Their Sleep to Give You Insomnia". Dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Luc Besson is back – and he’s bending minds, and spacetime, again", The Irish Times, Friday, 22 Aug. 2014
- ^ "New Stills and Tiny Teaser Art: In Their Sleep". Dread Central. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "International Trailer Debut for French Chiller in Their Sleep". Dread central. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "New Artwork: In Their Sleep". Dread central. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Luc Besson". IMDb.
- ^ "Anne Parillaud". IMDb.
- ^ "Anne Parillaud à coeur ouvert, ses histoires d'amour avec Delon, Besson, Jarre . . ", interview à retrouver en intégralité dans Paris Match, en kiosques dès le 15 février 2018
- ^ "Un amour de sable". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Patrizia". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Juillet en septembre". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Dead Girl". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "Gangsters". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo". Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ^ "First Look at New French Thriller 'In Their Sleep'". Bloody-disgusting.com. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
Further reading
- Dupont, Joan (September 1992). "Playing with Emotion". Interview.
- Gonzalez, Christian (November 1996). "I'm a Complicated Woman". Madame Figaro.
- Tolédano, Vincent (November 1996). "Anne Parillaud Passes the Act". L'Officiel.
- Heuriger (9 January 1997). "Biographical information compiled from GQ, Entertainment Weekly, Movies USA, L'officiel, and Roadshow". Archived from the original on 8 October 2009.
External links
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